His A-League form in the months leading up to the World Cup was quite poor, and when he turned it on during Victory's finals surge to the championship, it was too little, too late.

This season Troisi has been outstanding as Victory have started the A-League campaign on fire, but it makes complete sense for Arnold to stick to the squad that have gelled together in the previous national team camps, with Chris Ikonomidis the only player to come in from the outside.

But why has there been no communication with the Victory playmaker since the World Cup?

Arnold mentioned Troisi briefly in his press conference, claiming to be a coach who speaks regularly with his national team contenders.

"I spoke to Kevin Muscat yesterday for a good 15 minutes about Terry, as well as James Troisi and Thomas Deng. It’s no secret Victory are doing very well but I can only look at what we have," he said.

"I am a manager that communicates a lot with his players I explain the situation.

"The key ingredient is communication, because I spoke to probably 30 players yesterday. Some I had to disappoint and some I made extremely happy."

Intriguingly, this suggests Troisi wasn't even close to selection at any stage and isn't one of the 12 players on standby to come in to the squad if injury strikes.

The lack of communication makes Troisi's resentment and disappointment completely understandable - and this is hopefully the last time we see an ugly scenario played out in public with the new Socceroos regime.